Food. Fitness. And Mommyhood.

I believe in the importance of being mindful of what you eat. Mindfulness helps us making smart choices and reminds us to be appreciative of the food we enjoy, both for our body and soul. I had a lot of fun experimenting with vegetarian dishes as we started to transition away from so many meat-based…

The Midwest is finally getting some warmer weather and after an afternoon of playing outside in the sun with our little one I was due for an afternoon protein pick-me-up. As a spin off to some of our other smoothies, I quickly whipped up this super yummy smoothie with just three ingredients! You’ll need: 1/2 cup…

On any given day when asked what he wants to eat, my husband will say “pizza, burritos or buffalo wings”. Since all of those foods are major WW offences we avoid them unless we are really treating ourselves. But when I stumbled across this idea (from Half Baked Harvest) for Buffalo Quinoa Bites, which are made mostly out…

It is 7:45 p.m. and I’ve just sat down on the couch for the night. We had a filling dinner…I feel a little hungry, but mostly I am craving something sweet. I’m tempted to whip up a quick batch of brownies…I think I have all the ingredients. But I’ve eaten so well all day and I don’t…

Ah, I love grilling season! Our go-to grilliables used to always be meat. But my, how we have evolved thanks to our Meatless Movement and our WW theory! These Grilled Veggie and Hummus Wraps are quickly becoming a new favorite as they are easy to make and delightfully healthful! And aren’t they beautiful? If you make them…

It has been a while since we’ve featured the namesake of our site…so here she is! You’ll recall from this post that Zoey is a very special dog, so special that she got a blog named after her! Our dog cries more than our baby. Seriously. I assure you that this dog lives a very pampered…

In more efforts to promote our Meatless Movement, I found a great meatless sandwich concept to satisfy my BBQ craving! This is a great WW meal too as I used about $0.75 worth of lentils opposed to the $5.00 or more I would have spent on ground beef! You can’t beat savings like that!!! Per usual,…

A conversation with a fellow mom lamenting the high cost of eating meat for each meal recently reminded me of how we started down our WW path (view the article to understand our family perspective on food and budgeting). In short, we try to find a healthy balance between our wallet and our waistlines when…

Sometimes I am scraping together side dishes so I make sure my husband has enough to eat and I don’t have to hear about how I am starving him the rest of the night. I find this one is easy because I almost always have all these ingredients on hand. You just need a…

Blueberry Banana Bread Bars…how is that for some alliteration? Ok, so remember when I said I was going to stop baking so much in efforts to help with my fitness journey? I swear I am only baking when we have social gatherings and we just so happen to be having a lot lately so……

About Sarah

Welcome to the Cozy Zoey! Here, we share our passion for food, fitness and our active life with our baby girl and dog Zoey. As a new stay-at-home mom, we are budget conscious and make food and exercise choices based on our WW theory.